"There are other ways to
peen, more old-school ways," Leppold said.
You can form thin metal by applying light, steady blows with the
peen of the hammer.
The hammer is designed with a regular striking face on one end and a rounded or half ball or
peen on the other end taking the place of a claw.
As the
peen twirls at a 3- to 6-degree angle, the head is lowered precisely to a set location (form-to-height) or pressure (form-to-force) on a rivet, post, pin, hub, tube or other type of fastening material.
Portable Hand-Held Dot
Peen Marking System Places Identification Codes on Oil Pipe
The Coventry facility has been accredited for computer-controlled and automatic processing, and Slough for automatic, manual and
peen forming processes.
According to Phipps, during the recent economic downturn Columbia not only accelerated product development efforts, but also partnered with Richter Systems and Machines in Germany to provide the EasyMarker and UniGrav Series of programmable
peen marking systems in North America.
Ford has a lot riding on its 500 hp GT supercar, so to make sure each engine is assembled properly it is using the Richter UniGrav programmable
peen marking machine from Columbia Marking Tools (CMT; Harrison Twp., MI; www.columbiamt.com) to mark its cylinder head bearing caps.